Volume 1 first published in Japan in 2013 & 2015 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo, as Die Wergelder volumes 1 and 2. Volulme 2 first published in Japan in 2016 & 2018 by Kodansha, Ltd., Tokyo, as Die Wergelder volumes 3 and 4. Manga format; reads from back to front, right to left.
Summary:
"Wergelder: In Germanic law, the money paid by a murderer or his family to the victim's family in atonement. A mysterious deal goes down on a remote island known as a red light pleasure district. An insane fight between a blonde sniper and an assassin in a Chinese dress brings up questions about who the players are in this deal. A group of misfit yakuza gets caught in the crossfire while trying to get in on the deal, or at least find out what's being dealt. At the center of it all is a woman who has been wronged in the worst imaginable ways. She will have her revenge"-- Back cover.
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